Early 2011 you mean, this is what is stated in the summary document. It also says that the proposal is currently under consultation on how to make these features operational and how to deal with a number of additional questions not covered in the treaty:<div>
<br><div><div> • minimum number of EU countries signatories must come from</div><div> • minimum number of signatories per country</div><div> • minimum age of signatories</div><div> • form and wording of a citizens' initiative</div>
<div> • rules on collecting, verifying and authenticating signatures</div><div> • time limit for collecting signatures</div><div> • how to officially register initiatives</div><div> • rules on transparency and funding (applicable to organisers)</div>
<div> • possible time limit for Commission response</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- Nicolas</div><div> PPI / PPSE member</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Jerry Weyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jerry.weyer@pp-international.net">jerry.weyer@pp-international.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Just to inform anybody that doesn't want to read the docs: the initative is not yet operational (pending regulation), so that's no option for us. Will be operational probably early 2010.<div class="im">
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On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Jerry Weyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jerry.weyer@pp-international.net" target="_blank">jerry.weyer@pp-international.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
You can find more information on this here: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/citizens_initiative/index_en.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/citizens_initiative/index_en.htm</a> (check the FAQ)<br>
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<br>Jerry</font><div><div></div><div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div style="margin:2em 0pt" name="sig_654775721b"><font color="#888888">Weyer Jerry</font><div class="im"><br>
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Vice-President Pirate Party of Luxembourg<br></div></div><br>
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